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If you are going to show someone your firearm...

No free man shall ever be debarred the use of arms. Thomas Jefferson (1776)If you go into a store, with a gun, and rob it, you have forfeited your right to not get shot - Joe Deters, Hamilton County (Cincinnati) ProsecutorI ask sir, what is the militia? It is the whole people except for a few politicians. - George Mason (father of the Bill of Rights and The Virginia Declaration of Rights)

He was at work and he took it out of his holster to show somebody. Fail on several counts. Not the place to be displaying a gun unless he intended to use it. At the safety of his home or the range fine but not in a work place that isn't a gun range for crying out loud. One life gone and another ruined at the beginning of his life because of simple basic gun safety violations. Pure tragedy all because of a single moment of stupid.

I think the guy who was shot got the worst of it ... the idiot who shot him? Manslaughter will likely be the charge and he may get lucky to have it knocked down to something with probation but I doubt it....5 yrs for that error.

He was at work and he took it out of his holster to show somebody. Fail on several counts. Not the place to be displaying a gun unless he intended to use it. At the safety of his home or the range fine but not in a work place that isn't a gun range for crying out loud. One life gone and another ruined at the beginning of his life because of simple basic gun safety violations. Pure tragedy all because of a single moment of stupid.

I agree. However he went further. He was SHOWING OFF. Now that is a dangerous act. I hope he is not a CC holder. If he is then the instructor failed or the guy was 'asleep at the wheel.' I haven't let anyone in my family touch my 357, not till they take a gun safety course. I feel bad for both of them.

Gotcha. yeah I went back and saw the police said he was showing it off. What exactly does that mean I wonder?
I mean what requirements do they use to distinguish showing someone a firearm, from showing off with a firearm?

"I support the ban on assault weapons" - Donald Trump

We are fast approaching the stage of the ultimate inversion: the stage where the government is free to do anything it pleases, while the citizens may act only by permission - Ayn Rand

I will start by saying there is nothing wrong with showing another individual (especially your best friend) your firearm. I don't think the place was appropriate, but that doesn't matter in this case. In this case, the individual failed to practice safe gun handling techniques. If you were at my house, or we were at the range, or I was at your house, and you asked to see my firearm, I would inform you that it's loaded, but because we aren't among the general public....

Unholster remembering to always point in a safe direction.
Drop magazine
Cycle action to empty chamber, Cycle action several more times to ensure it is totally unloaded.
Open action and lock open. If you don't know how to do this with your firearms, you shouldn't carry them.
Once the action is locked back the firearm CANNOT fire. It CANNOT fire with the action open.

I can then hand it to you and you can handle it all the while keeping the muzzle pointed in a safe direction.

Eventually, you hand it back, I insert the mag and close the action, then holster the firearm.

I will start by saying there is nothing wrong with showing another individual (especially your best friend) your firearm. I don't think the place was appropriate, but that doesn't matter in this case. In this case, the individual failed to practice safe gun handling techniques. If you were at my house, or we were at the range, or I was at your house, and you asked to see my firearm, I would inform you that it's loaded, but because we aren't among the general public....

Unholster remembering to always point in a safe direction.
Drop magazine
Cycle action to empty chamber, Cycle action several more times to ensure it is totally unloaded.
Open action and lock open. If you don't know how to do this with your firearms, you shouldn't carry them.
Once the action is locked back the firearm CANNOT fire. It CANNOT fire with the action open.

I can then hand it to you and you can handle it all the while keeping the muzzle pointed in a safe direction.

Eventually, you hand it back, I insert the mag and close the action, then holster the firearm.

No harm, no foul.

This was negligence.

+100

i agree 100% bnh

SCOTT

"When guns are outlawed only outlaws will have guns"

"When seconds count police are minutes away"

"Dialing 911 only takes seconds but waiting for help may take the rest of your life"

In public, I usually turn my hip toward the person & move my arm so s/he can see the holstered pistol. One time I handed someone the whole shebang, holster & pistol, but we were among an OC crowd & I trusted that he wasn't going to try to draw it. Even so, one person felt uncomfortable.
In private, I unload, etc., more or less as described above. (Only lock the slide back, not working it over & over.)

Shame someone had to die for a lesson to be learned. I never show my gun to anyone, it does not leave the holster. If anybody wants a closer look they can go to a gun shop, they might let them fondle the guns. Reminds of the people who ask me if they can ride my Harley, usually they have a shocked face when I ask if I can ride their loved one. Sometimes I had a shocked face when they agreed.

It is well that war is so terrible – otherwise we would grow too fond of it.

Robert E. Lee

The patriot volunteer, fighting for country and his rights, makes the most reliable soldier on earth.

Thomas Jonathan "Stonewall" Jackson

What separates the winners from the losers is how a person reacts to each new twist of fate.

The shooter was a fairly young man. He should have been taught from his first experience with a firearm to keep his trigger finger off the trigger and out of the trigger guard until the target has been acquired and he has decided to shoot.

In case there are any readers who are new to gun ownership

This is how we handle guns....

The 1st Law - The Gun Is Always Loaded!
So EVERY TIME you pick up or draw a gun, inspect it in a safe manner (control your muzzle) and always treat it as a loaded gun. The 2nd Law - Never Point The Gun At Something You Are Not Prepared To Destroy!
The only safe way to operate is to assume the Worst Case Scenario: Pretend that your "empty" gun is loaded and that it's going to function perfectly. When you press the trigger it will FIRE! Since you are prepared for that, you only point the gun in a Safe Direction. This way, when Brainfade does result in an AD, it will be into a safe impact area and there won't be a tragedy. The 3rd Law - Always Be Sure Of Your Target And What Is Behind It!
Bullets can penetrate lots of things, many of which will surprise you. Identify your target before firing - even before dry-firing at home. If you are not sure, DON'T FIRE! Make sure there is a safe impact area behind it before firing. For home dry-fire practice, find and aim only at a BULLET PROOF BACKSTOP. Even though you have checked and double-checked your gun, you should still treat your gun as though it is loaded. Plasterboard walls and outer walls are not bulletproof. A handgun bullet will easily travel through several rooms before stopping. Who is in these rooms? You don't know, and you still aimed in that direction?! Shame on you! The 4th Law - Keep Your Finger Off The Trigger Until Your Sights Are On The Target!
Almost all of the ADs are caused by a finger on the trigger when you were not ready to fire. Some examples: Finger on trigger during reloading, during movement, during the draw, and during jam clearing have led to ADs.

Dave45ACP-For when you care enough to send the very best-Fight for "Stand Your Ground " legislation! WI DA Gerald R. Fox:
"These so-called 'public safety' laws only put decent law-abiding citizens at a dangerous disadvantage when it comes to their personal safety, and I for one am glad that this decades-long era of defective thinking on gun issues is over..."Remember: Don't make old People mad. We don't like being old in the first place, so it doesn't take much to piss us off.